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Ovis (sheep)

Synonyms: Argali; Aries; Musimon; Musmon; Pachyceros

Wikipedia Abstract

Ovis is a genus of mammals, part of the goat-antelope subfamily of the ruminant family Bovidae. Its five or more highly sociable species are known as sheep. The domestic sheep is one member of the genus, and is thought to be descended from the wild mouflon of central and southwest Asia.
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Species

Ovis ammon (argali) (Attributes)
Ovis arabica
Ovis aries (sheep) (Attributes)
Ovis blanfordi
Ovis bochariensis
Ovis canadensis (bighorn sheep) (Attributes)
Ovis collium
Ovis cycloceros
Ovis dalli (Dall's sheep) (Attributes)
Ovis darwini
Ovis dorshi
Ovis gmelini (Armenian Sheep)
Ovis guineensis
Ovis hodgsoni
Ovis isphahanica
Ovis jubata
Ovis karelini
Ovis mamillaris
Ovis nigrimontana
Ovis nivicola (snow sheep) (Attributes)
Ovis severtzovi
Ovis shantungensis
Ovis sheldoni
Ovis spec
Ovis strepsiceros
Ovis vigne

External References

Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0